Unmincing
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not speaking in a roundabout or vague manner; direct; blunt.
""If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor.""
- 2 Not walking with affectedly short steps.
"We proceeded with an unmincing gait to the first main street and flagged down a taxi with an unspoken single agenda propelling the three of us — get out of Russia."
Example
More examples""If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor.""
Etymology
From un- + mincing.
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